Sunday, July 4, 2010

I need wheels

1939-1942 Wide-5 lug pattern, 3/4 ton Ford truck wheels that are 16x5", a pair of them! The green wheel is what I need, these are NeilinCA's from the HAMB.

Update, August 13, 2010: HAMB buddy Chad in the Dakotas has pulled the wheels off his cousin's truck and is selling them to me. Things are looking up!

August 23, 2010: Chad has shipped out the wheels to me!
Everybody else; the search is officially called off.
Good work everyone! Now, let's play some football...

August 30, 2010: Got the wheels, very happy.

October 31, 2010: They are on the car! The wheels needed a little TLC when they were delivered by UPS. Rusty on the inside due to moisture that had gotten inside the tire and messed up things a little. But the outside actually had factory paint still on them.
I really had little choice but to take them to get sand-blasted. So I only had them blast the inside of the wheel rim. Hey, why not keep the factory paint for a little while longer, right? Beside the outsides were very smooth.
I got the wheels back and it looked like the surface of Mars --peaks & valleys. So I ground down the sharp peaks to protect the tubes, before I primed & painted, only the inside of the rims again. I used my torch to help straiten some rim dings too.
I had Firestone mount the giant dirt-track tires. The tires look OK, but they're growing on me.

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Born in Los Angeles in 1974, I still live within a mile of where I grew up. I didn’t come into vintage hot rods until my mid 20’s. But I’ve been a car enthusiast much longer. Mostly a tinkerer, I like to figure out how things work, and what stuff they are made of. Natural things intrigue me; I’d happily spend a whole day collecting rocks & driftwood at a beach, or looking into tide pools.
I’m happily married, and we’re currently saving to buy a house. I work in freelance TV & film art & props departments, I also own a Playstation3, and like to read magazines.